page_title: HMS Sparrowhawk (1856)
hierarchical_section_title: HMS Sparrowhawk (1856)
caption_attribution_description: English: Gunboat HMS Surprise (1856). Commanded august 1864-April 1866 by George Tryon.
context_page_description: HMS Sparrowhawk was a Vigilant-class second-class despatch/gunvessel launched on 9 February 1856 at Limehouse, England and served at various stations in the Far East. By the spring of 1865, her rig was a converted to that of a three-masted barque. She was sold in 1872 and was eventually lost in a typhoon.
context_section_description: HMS Sparrowhawk was a Vigilant-class second-class despatch/gunvessel launched on 9 February 1856 at Limehouse, England and served at various stations in the Far East. By the spring of 1865, her rig was a converted to that of a three-masted barque. She was sold in 1872 and was eventually lost in a typhoon.
caption: Sparrowhawk's sister-ship, Surprise
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